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The Biden administration’s changes to the Title IX law have sparked controversy across the country, and a Kansas federal judge’s injunction blocking the expansion is impacting school districts all the way in the Bay...

In April 2024, the Biden Administration announced new rules for Title IX that went into effect on August 1, 2024. These changes apply to multiple areas, including gender identity, sex-based harassment, and pregnancy. To help...

Wichita State University President Richard Muma recently faced serious allegations of academic misconduct related to his 2004 doctoral dissertation. According to reports, Muma copied over 50 passages from other authors’...

As a parent of an elementary, middle, or high school student, you know that your child and their classmates confront numerous academic, disciplinary, and social challenges at school. You understand that a school must occasionally...

When you have a child who suffers from anxiety, clinical depression, or any mental health-related disability that limits their ability to attend class, your first instinct may be to turn to a trusted teacher or school...

In September of 2024, the Polygraf AI firm began marketing its AI detection tools to students, arguing that its Content Detector could help students avoid accusations of AI use. Polygraf maintains that it has a 98% accuracy rate...

New interpretations of Title IX have sparked a significant debate among school officials and legal professionals about how to proceed with implementation. Originally designed to combat sex-based discrimination in educational...

The U.S. government requires state education agencies to provide additional services for students with disabilities to educate them at the same quality as their peers. However, school authorities sometimes run afoul of federal...

In September of 2024, a DePauw University student reported that members of a campus fraternity verbally assaulted and intimidated members of the House of Opulence. The House of Opulence is a campus group dedicated to the...

In the wake of recent pro-Palestine encampments on college campuses, students involved in these demonstrations are finding themselves facing disciplinary action for non-academic misconduct. The case of a University of...

Can you imagine how you’d feel if you got punished for academic misconduct at your college or university and later learned that the disciplinary committee made a mistake when deciding your case? It would be infuriating,...

For K-12 students with disabilities, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the keystone of special education services and support. The law, last authorized in 2004, no longer reflects the past two decades of...

Three fraternities at Washington State University are reportedly being investigated by the school, each for multiple alleged violations of school policies. The investigations were launched before the first month of the 2024-25...

What would you say if we told you that over 40% of people in a certain demographic had considered taking their own life in the past year? Most people would be surprised and saddened by that statistic — and many would be spurred...

Schools are increasingly using AI to detect plagiarism, including whether a student is trying to claim AI-generated work as their own creation. The problem with these detection tools is that it’s not clear if they accurately...

Federal Title IX regulations tend to sway with prevailing political winds. Despite being an umbrella policy for many student civil rights, significant alterations have caused a national divide on how schools approach gender-based...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought new capabilities to students with disabilities, allowing them to automate things that prove challenging for them. It can adjust the reading level of text, help students communicate, boost...

The Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, ensures people with disabilities have equal access to public spaces, services, and opportunities. For schools, this means more than just installing ramps or elevators – it’s...

The University of Maryland, College Park President, Dr. Darryl Pines, has been accused of plagiarizing significant portions of a 2002 academic paper he co-authored. Pines is an M.I.T. graduate and professor of aerospace...

A UCLA professor has banned students from recording her class, a decision that extends to students with disabilities requiring special accommodations. In a class with controversial topics, she argues, this is the only way to...